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There is an opportunity here for Pakistan, and other markets where Amazon has no presence, to come up with its own alternatives. Build a more transparent and ethical platfom. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish

https://www.dawn.com/news/1945635/taliban-internet-cut-sparks-afghanistan-telecoms-blackout This has nothing to do with Islam or Sharia.

Have started using Primal (omn Android), initial impression is good. It shows the notifications that Amethyst fails to show for some reason. The profile page also seems to beess temperamental.

https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1746 Preprint of our new paper

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/05/15/serious-blackrock-bitcoin-warning-fuels-fears-of-disaster-as-the-price-suddenly-dives/ got to love the hyperbolic headlines. And quantum computing community loves to portray doom-and-gloom, see e.g., https://quantumdoomclock.com/explanation . cryptography is fine, we’ll have migrated to PQC by the time a quantum computer is able to break real world systems.

Gemma (offline version of Gemini) keeps referring to me as Alex, despite my corrections that my name isn't Alex. Offline models are more prone to hallucinations.

rant: In my experience on Nostr, most (not all) nostriches have a holier than thou attitude towards other social platforms. The same chest-thumping behavior, and unfortunately without the required academic background, extends towards Bitcoin vs other cryptocurrencies. But there is only so much one can read about Nostr/Bitcoin superiority. This makes it an unwelcoming and boring place for those who do not want to join the echo chamber.

I am looking for alternatives to Gnosis Safe for Ethereum multisig solution. Decided to ask local AI. Deepseek R1 and Llama are both hallucinating and suggest Electrum (the bitcoin wallet). :D

Many folks may be looking for multisig wallets after Gnosis Safe's compromised code that resulted in Bybit hack. If you come across Krayon ( https://www.krayondigital.com/ ), KEEP MOVING! This guy's chest-thumpy attitude and many misleading claims about MPC undermine his credibility. He either doesn't understand MPC or claim things which aren't true.

If you feel concerned about privacy when speaking to AI models (you should be), and would prefer to experiment with them offline, Msty makes it a breeze to install/try various models offline. https://msty.app/

I am glad that the age of digital nomad is coming to an end. The idea of working remotely never made sense to me. From time to time, sure! But it can't be the default work mode and not cause dips in productivity.

There is a pattern in Trump's stance on immigration and Palestine. Trump isn't against just the illegal immigration. That's only the rhetoric he uses to mask his hatred for the "others". He is against all immigration. He doesn't want the others to live on his land. One may say that he probably wants those "others" to prosper and flourish in their own countries. Except that in his plan for Gaza/Palestine, he doesn't want the others to live on their own land either. At its core, it is not about immigration or peace in the middle east, it is: "might is right". It is that, we "the civilized" decide where and how the others "the savages" will live. There is no principle, rule or law. It is the whim of "the civilized".

What Israel is (and has been) doing in the west bank should shut up "But Khamas" Israel apologists. There was no Oct 7 from the west bank and there is no "Khamas" there, but that hasn't stopped Israel from committing same atrocities in the west bank. Then again, if such apologists had an IQ above room temperature, "But Khamas" argument would not exist in first place.

Musk's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, an extremist whose actively encouraged arms sale to Israel, actively villainized Muslims and publicly interferes with elections, is an indication that these nominations are based on an agenda, not merit. These are the people who gave a prize to Malala, but won't even consider the brave girls of Palestine, Kashmir, etc.

Another reminder that hyperbolic claims of any tech should be taken with a grain of salt https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/

Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht. The guy must have billions in BTC, don’t think they would have been able to cease all of his coins. https://www.wired.com/story/trump-frees-silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-after-11-years-in-prison/

Craig Wright Receives Suspended Jail Sentence for Contempt of Court Wright's suit for intellectual property rights related to bitcoin violated a court order imposed after his claim to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto was ruled to be false. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/12/19/craig-wright-faces-demand-for-two-year-prison-sentence-in-contempt-of-court-case

Not sure why people are posting Trump's comments about Gaza as a good thing. The guy blindly supports Israel, just like most US politicians. Cherry on the top is his hatred for Muslims (don't forget his first term). It is absurd to think he's going to do anything positive for the Palestinians.